Azul is Director of Process Performance at Zelandez and an Independent Advisor, helping companies and investors to understand the lithium production processes.She has on-field experience in the lithium production from brines, as Process Engineer at Livent on the Fenix Project, the first operation worldwide to produce lithium carbonate using DLE, and as Head of Commissioning at Allkem, on the Olaroz Expansion Project. Azul is also an entrepreneur, leading a start-up for training lithium industry personnel in operations procedures using the Metaverse and Virtual Reality applications. She holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Salta, a M.S. in Water Treatment at Rey Juan Carlos University, M.S. in Water Management from Universidad Europea del Atlántico and a Mining Diploma from the National University of Salta. Azul is based in the beautiful city of Salta in Argentina, one of the most important places for the development of the lithium industry in South America and the world.